Augustus Coin found in the Pudukottai Hoard IndiaImage via Wikipedia
Posted on 10/13/2022 6:53:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Interesting item from the Times of India:Coins are not only used as a mode of exchange but they also reflect heritage. Indian-Roman relations was one such area where coins played a major role in establishing and strengthening ties between two countries.
At a special exhibition on Roman coins and other Roman antiquities found in South India, inaugurated by the Italian Embassy Cultural Centre director Angela Trezza at the Government Museum in Egmore on Tuesday, rare coins and antiquities were put on display for the public...
Historically, trade between ancient Rome and India can be traced to the rule of Roman emperor Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD). Romans came to India in search of gemstones (mainly beryl), silk, cotton, ivory, spices (pepper and cardamom), sandalwood and peacocks. In return, India obtained coral, wine, olive oil and metals like gold, silver and copper.
Metals imported from Rome were mostly in the form of coins and medals. “The most striking feature of Roman coins found in India is that they have slash marks on them, generally 1 to 2 mm long and marked by a knife or a chisel or a file. In Tamil Nadu, Pudukkottai and Soriyapattu are the most important Roman coin hoards containing such slashed coins,” said N Sundararajan, curator, Numismatics section of Government Museum.
Another peculiar feature of the coins found in India is the occurrence of countermarks on some. Roman coins found in India are of gold, silver and copper mostly between 2nd century BC and 6-7th century AD the closing years of the Roman Republic to the time of Byzantine rulers. A majority of the Roman coins found in India occur as hoards buried underground in earthenware pots.
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Augustus Coin found in the Pudukottai Hoard IndiaImage via Wikipedia
https://coins.techcollections.info/2016/04/roman-copper-coin-hoard-from-kerala.html
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Mould for minting Roman coins found in Talkad [India]
Deccan Herald | May 19, 2014 | Akram Mohammed
Posted on 5/30/2014, 7:39:12 PM by SunkenCiv
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Book Review: Federico De Romanis and Marco Maiuro, eds., Across the Ocean: Nine Essays on Indo-Mediterranean Trade
World History Connected | 2016 | Anya King, University of Illinois
Posted on 8/14/2021, 10:59:23 PM by SunkenCiv
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The *Kindle* version is almost $45!
Roman Coins from India (UCL Institute of Archaeology Publications) 1st Edition
by Paula J Turner
https://www.amazon.com/Roman-Coins-India-Paula-Turner/dp/0367605821
https://books.google.com/books?id=a1NmAAAAMAAJ&source=gbs_book_other_versions
Looks like a test cut to me.
Is it gold-leafed? plated? solid gold?
Hammer a chisel into it and see what the sidewalls of the cut show.
That’s from the part I cut out. :^) Various city-states in India also made knockoffs in base metals.
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